Dartmoor National Park is a fantastic place to head for walks. Full of ancient woodland, moors, craggy granite tors, reservoirs, rivers, and wildlife. Located in South Devon, South West England, Dartmoor …
Dartmoor National Park (Devon)
Dartmoor National Park is made up of wild, vast moorland, with forests, rivers and craggy landscape. It is also famous for its Tors and ‘wild’ ponies.
Fun Fact: Dartmoor was declared a National Park in 1951.
Darmoor Tors: These are impressive granite rocks poking out from the ground. You will find over 160 of them across Dartmoor. Each with its own unique formations.
Darmoor Ponies: Often referred as wild, they do actually belong to pony keepers (farmers and residents of the area). So they aren’t technically wild. They just roam freely. They have been around for many centuries, and are very important for maintaining the habitat, with all the grazing that they do.
The weather is Dartmoor is known to be quite harsh and interchangeable, so you need to be prepared for it to switch up on you without warning….Happy hiking :)
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This is an easy walk that takes you along the old tramway and railway line from Princetown, to King’s Tor, and then two quarries, before returning back to Princetown. What …
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I came about the Drake’s Trail, sort of by accident, and I walked it out of desperation. Let me explain…. The day before, I had traveled 1 hour from Plymouth …
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Walk From Ivybridge To Western Beacon And The Red Lake Tramway
by zoe tehraniby zoe tehraniThis walk in Dartmoor takes you from Ivybridge, and up and over two hills, Western Beacon and Butterdon Hill, before finishing back along the Redlake Tramway. It’s a very easy …
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I had already done a bit of a walk around Burrator Reservoir 2 days ago. But only bits of it. I was curious what the whole circular trail around it …
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Sheepstor Circular Walk Guide: Dartmoor National Park
by zoe tehraniby zoe tehraniThis walk in Dartmoor takes you alongside the Burrator Reservoir, before making your way up Sheepstor, and then back down to the reservoir, before finishing off with another viewpoint hill …
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When looking up areas to visit in Dartmoor, I came across photos of Wistman’s Wood. One word. Wow. A densely packed woodland of oak trees with entangled branches and moss …
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Walk To The Breathtaking Foggintor Quarry In Dartmoor National Park
by zoe tehraniby zoe tehraniI kind of discovered the Foggintor Quarry walk by accident. By that I mean I was in the area looking on Google Maps for something else. I noticed a place …
